Overseas Pakistanis remit US $10.7 billion in the first half of FY19

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Overseas Pakistani workers remitted US$ 10718.78 million in the first half (July to December) of FY19, showing a growth of 10% compared with US$ 9744.75 million received during the same period in the preceding year, State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) reported on Thursday..

During December 2018, the inflow of workers’ remittances amounted to US$ 1690.18 million, which is 5.07% higher than November 2018 and 1.93% lower than December 2017. The country wise details for the month of December 2018 show that inflows from Saudi Arabia, UAE, USA, UK, GCC countries (including Bahrain, Kuwait,